Johanna Maria van der Gheynst

Johanna Maria van der Gheynst (1505-15 December 1541) was the mistress of Emperor Charles V and the mother of Margaret of Parma.

Biography
Johanna Maria van der Gheynst was born in Oudenaarde, Spanish Netherlands in 1505, the daughter of a carpet manufacturer. When she visited the castle of the Seigneur of Montigny in the summer of 1521, she had a love affair with Emperor Charles V, producing a child, Margaret of Parma. She was granted a modest pension by Emperor Charles V, and she married a jurist in 1525. She died in 1541.